Two years ago, Andrew Lavigne and Jon Ornoy took it upon themselves to capture the 2010 Winter Games‘ effect on Vancouver from the perspective of people directly impacted by the Olympics. Downtown Eastside residents, bloggers, photographers, activists, proponents and opponents found themselves infront of Andrew and Jon’s cameras as With Glowing Hearts documented the changes [...]
By Cherisse Dye and Jason Sanders
On Sunday, February 21st, the Yukon First Nations hosted a gathering of press and VIPs to celebrate their culture and promote business development in the territory. The morning began with a brief introduction and short intermission to encourage mingling and networking among the media and territory representatives.
A table by the [...]
Note: Originally Posted by Ethan Clow at Radio Freethinker on January 29, 2010. Re-posted here on: February 9, 2010.
Last week in January, Dave Olson joinedRadio Freethinker, a Vancouver based skeptic radio show, to discuss civil rights and security during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics with Rob Teszka, Ethan Clow, and Daniel Gipps. Throughout the hourlong show they covered [...]
Media at the Adventure Centre
Tourism Squamish & District of Squamish are offering media, in particular social media practitioners, the use of the Squamish Adventure Centre facilities.
Being halfway between the venues in Whistler and Vancouver, Squamish provides a convenient hub for covering the Olympics.
{Note: Squamish is also lot of fun to visit with great micro-brew, cool [...]
In the Whistler/Blackcomb area, media makers have another option for co-ordination and creation with a few initiatives Whistler/Blackcomb are doing in the social media realm including the Whistler Blackcomb Media hub.
They sent along some information on how reporters can apply for accreditation in Whistler to start a whole new conversation during the Olympics while also checking [...]
Gastown is Koolhaus
Groovy news from Gastown as Ray Kanani, Creative Director of GastownBlog.com announces a live blogging headquarters at Koolhaus, a furniture store right in the heart of this historic neighbourhood ~ and close by the site of the start of social media at the Olympics conversation.
The team of Gastown blog (supported by the Gastown [...]
